CALL for PANELS & PAPERS
11th ESSEX CONFERENCE IN CRITICAL POLITICAL THEORY
GLOBAL CHALLENGES - NEW IMAGINARIES: IMAGE, VOICE, AND RADICAL DEMOCRACY
Dates: 15th-17th June 2011
Location: University of Essex, Colchester, UK
Deadline for Paper, Panel, and Roundtable Proposals: 25th March 2011
Further Details from:
<http://www.essex.ac.uk/centres/TheoStud/documents_and_files/html/11th%20Essex%20Conference%20in%20Critical%20Political%20Theory_call_for_papers.htm>11th
Essex Conference in Critical Political Theory
Proposals and Inquiries to: <mailto:(polcon /at/ essex.ac.uk)>(polcon /at/ essex.ac.uk)
FEW doubt we face a series of connected global challenges: the
dangers of climate change and environmental degradation; a crisis of
international finance and global capitalism; an ever-increasing
logic of minoritization, which threatens to fragment communities and
societies; greater social and economic inequalities, both nationally
and globally; the intensification of various forms of religious
belief, including fundamentalism, alongside a growing secularization
of communities and societies; securitization of society, and a
palpable disillusionment with politics and politicians. There is
little doubt that those who wish to go beyond the contradictions and
failures of our contemporary condition find it difficult to
elaborate plausible interim visions that can point us out of the
current malaise. This year's theme connects these global challenges
to the exploration and articulation new imaginaries for the future.
GLOBAL CHALLENGES, NEW IMAGINARIES takes up the challenge of
rethinking different aspects of global capitalism, religion, the
place of minorities, and the environment, focusing on the
alternative visions being proposed, the role of new media in these
processes, and related themes. The conference also seeks to
problematize and explore the role of theory in the academy. Our
invited speakers shall deliver keynote addresses to the conference
that will shape the discussions with their distinctive voices and
perspectives. Each of the speakers will address one or more of the
title themes.
Speakers
Professor Thomas Dumm, Amherst College, USA
Professor Davide Panagia, Trent University, Canada
Professor Moya Lloyd, Loughborough University,UK
Professor Martin Parker, Warwick Business School, UK
Professor Helen Sullivan, University of Birmingham, UK
Professor Hugh Willmott, Cardiff Business School, UK
